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Understanding Light and Why it exists

Posted on September 15, 2021 by justin

A thorough breakdown on the process’ that produce light and lights existence and behavior in nature.

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Professor Dave Explains: The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

Posted on August 1, 2021 by justin
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Professor Dave: Quantization of Energy

Posted on September 8, 2020 by justin
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Professor Dave: Quantum Mechanics of the Electron

Posted on September 8, 2020 by justin
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Professor Dave Explains – The Double-Slit Experiment

Posted on August 27, 2020 by justin
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Fire in ZERO-G!!

Posted on June 3, 2020 by justin
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How Do Satellites Get & Stay in Orbit?

Posted on April 22, 2020 by justin

SciShow Space takes you into Low Earth Orbit to explain how artificial satellites get up there and stay there — at least for a while.

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Gravitational energy vs height

Posted on April 20, 2020 by justin

Open the embedded graph to change the value of h and calculate the gravitational potential energy / kg at different heights. Can you estimate the kinetic energy needed to escape the Earth’s gravitational field?

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Gravitational field strength graph

Posted on April 18, 2020 by justin

Investigate the value of g (m/s2) varying with distance (km) from the surface of the Earth.

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What Is Gravity?

Posted on April 12, 2020 by justin

People have a lot of different ideas about what gravity is: a downward force that stops you from flying off into space, an attraction smaller objects experience towards larger objects, or a mutual attraction between all masses. It is the … Continue reading →

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